Re: [libreoffice-users] Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Not all of us are native-English speakers so words are sometimes mis-used. Clone is not quite the right word but it's close enough. This time i think a more precise word might be "rewrite". To put it in a way that might be easier for an office user to understand ... Often when editing an o

Re: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sun, 1 Dec 2013 19:09:57 +, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > I think the largest company in the eco-system is beginning to be TDF! > IBM is larger but it doesn't seem to want to be a big name in office > desktops. > > Does the ODF Alliance still exist? Their website seems to be dead or > p

Sponsors and supporters of TDF and LO, was: Fwd: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It feels like a lot of the sponsors and supporters of TDF (or anything else for that matter) do a lot of work at such a high level or so far outside of the immediate organisation that very few people inside the organisation really realise they are involved at all. On these LibreOffice mailin

Re: Sponsors and supporters of TDF and LO, was: Fwd: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:21:08 +, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > It feels like a lot of the sponsors and supporters of TDF (or anything > else for that matter) do a lot of work at such a high level or so far > outside of the immediate organisation that very few people inside the > organisation r

Re: Sponsors and supporters of TDF and LO, was: Fwd: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, i didn't mean to "drop anyone in it" or snitch or anything. We see people from other supporter organisations too, such as people with Redhat addresses or SuSE ones. I'm fairly sure i've even seen posts from people with a Canonical address. The point was that it feels more like they r

[libreoffice-users] Re: Detailed information on frame positioning Writer

2013-12-02 Thread william drescher
On 12/1/2013 3:48 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 11/30/2013 08:38 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: Is there a source for detailed information on frame positioning in Writer? Thanks, Let me provide some context around Mr. O'Brien. 1. He is very smart. 2. He is well versed with OpenOffice. Suff

Re: Sponsors and supporters of TDF and LO, was: Fwd: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Tom, I'm not asking you to snitch, all this is public record. I just believe that no one from the FSF is contributing to LibreOffice under this specific affiliation, but I may be wrong. As for Red Hat, Canonical et al: they're officially involved in the development of LibreOffice and are sponsor

[libreoffice-users] Virus in Libre Office Fr ?

2013-12-02 Thread jean-luc . barraud
Hi, I have just installed Libre Office, last version Fr and I have got simultaneously a virus on my machine. Can you please check ? Thanks. J-Luc Barraud

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Salutation

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry you don't seem to have had any answers! Have you been able to solve the problem? If not then it might be worth asking again to see if anyone missed it before or if anyone new has arrived. I get the impression that whatever the wizard produces is possible to edit quite heavily? Also

[libreoffice-users] Re: Virus in Libre Office Fr ?

2013-12-02 Thread Alex Thurgood
On 02/12/2013 10:33, jean-luc.barr...@schneider-electric.com wrote: Hi Jean-Luc, > > I have just installed Libre Office, last version Fr and I have got > simultaneously a virus on my machine. > > Can you please check ? >From which web page did you download LibreOffice ? If it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Virus in Libre Office Fr ?

2013-12-02 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Jean-Luc, Where did you download LibreOffice, what version and what virus are you talking about? Best, Charles. Le Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:33:09 +0100, jean-luc.barr...@schneider-electric.com a écrit : > Hi, > > > I have just installed Libre Office, last version Fr and I ha

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Salutation

2013-12-02 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:39 30/11/2013 -0800, Andrew Brager wrote: I'm trying to do a mail merge using the wizard (is there any other way?), and I'm having great difficulty making it do what I need to do. My data has one field for the name. A sample name is "Gary L & Judy A Smith". I simply want it to say "Dea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I set default date format in Writer?

2013-12-02 Thread anne-ology
Just curiously wondering how many seconds would be saved by not merely typing the date into document ;-) Robots taking over the world ... wow, what a scarey thought ;-) me - ready to return to the horse 'n buggy era, From: Denis Navas Vega Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:5

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread anne-ology
yes, "to maintain sales" ... and that's the problem ;-) rather than continuing forward, too many want to collect over & over again for the same thing ;-( and these make their product with built in obsolescence ;-( Quality has declined ... yet prices have es

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread anne-ology
exactly; in fact, that's been Bill Gates' game plan from before he started MsFt. I've been opposed to his egotistical, arrogant thievery ... but too many folks seem to like that sort - even the British Monarchy ;-) BTW - just why did the Queen knight him

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread anne-ology
yes, same here ... but it's like 'talking to a brick wall' ;-) From: James Knott Date: Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office To: users@global.libreoffice.org Urmas wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 01:32:35AM +0700, Urmas wrote: > "James Knott": > > >Ever hear of Linux? > > Linux is a clone of UNIX, an epitome of a proprietary operating system. Wrong yet again, oh trolling one. Linux was derived from minix. > > >it's the OS used on the space station. > > Proven

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread James Knott
Robert Holtzman wrote: >> Linux is a clone of UNIX, an epitome of a proprietary operating system. > Wrong yet again, oh trolling one. Linux was derived from minix. > Actually, Linux created Linux in part because he found Minix so limiting. However, the goal of both was a Unix like environment.

Re: [libreoffice-users] How-to draw Square around math/formula??

2013-12-02 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 03:36:50PM -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > can you insert the formula into a frame and then give the frame a border? > what

[libreoffice-users] How to place subscript indices close to the variable they belong to in the equation editor?

2013-12-02 Thread Manuel
Hello everybody, I'm using LibreOffice to write my thesis, and since it is going to be a technical document quite a lot of equations are used containing lots of variables with subscript indices. Unfortunately the equation editor is positioning these indices rather far away from the variable they b

Re: Sponsors and supporters of TDF and LO, was: Fwd: Formats & failed marketing, was: Fwd: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-12-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. A search of the list for sender fsf.org will give you a hit. Steve On 2013-12-03 02:18, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Tom, I'm not asking you to snitch, all this is public record. I just believe that no one from the FSF is contributing to LibreOffice under this specific affiliation, but I may be

[libreoffice-users] Licenses

2013-12-02 Thread m . simard . crditedlaval
Hi, Can I use this software in my company for professionnal uses ? thanks Mario Simard -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Licenses

2013-12-02 Thread Jay Lozier
Mario, The short answer YES! The license allows you to install LibreOffice on as many computers as you want for whatever purpose you wish. LO is is libre and free to download, install, use, and (if you wish) modify - you are entitled to a full copy of the LO source code. For further license

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I set default date format in Writer?

2013-12-02 Thread tk
anne-ology wrote: > Just curiously wondering how many seconds would be saved by not merely > typing the date into document ;-) This is for those who do not know what today's date is. jonathon -- Sent from the eating establishment at the Far side of the Universe, at the begining of Ti

[libreoffice-users] email notifications

2013-12-02 Thread Cormac Terry
How do I opt-out of getting [users@global.libreoffice.org] user emails? I don't see any options in any of the emails I'm getting. Doesn't this make it spam mail? or in violation of the can-spam laws? sincerely, Cormac Terry -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Pro

Re: [libreoffice-users] email notifications

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This link might be useful http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ If you want to read only certain threads and not others then after unsubscribing try re-subscribing using one of the more advanced options described on the page that shows how to subscribe. For e

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice books discount price

2013-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
On 3 December 2013 00:00, Jean Weber wrote: > Lulu.com, where the printed copies of the LibreOffice user guides are > published and sold, is having a sale: 30% off until midnight on > Thursday, December 5, US east coast time. > > The code is: LULUVIP6131 > > Direct link to LO books: http://www.lul